uname Command Examples

Print details about the current machine and the operating system running on it. See also lsb_release. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/uname-invocation.html.

• Print kernel name:

uname

• Print all available system information:

uname {{[-a|--all]}}

• Print system architecture and processor information:

uname {{[-mp|--machine --processsor]}}

• Print kernel name, kernel release and kernel version:

uname {{[-srv|--kernel-name --kernel-release --kernel-version]}}

• Print system hostname:

uname {{[-n|--nodename]}}

• Print the current operating system name:

uname {{[-o|--operating-system]}}

• Print the current network node host name:

uname {{[-n|--nodename]}}

• Display help:

uname --help